We cannot afford to let another decade slide past before the issue is robustly addressed, write Nina Funnell and Sharna Bremner.

Rarely does Jones disclose his substantial financial interests in the thoroughbred industry.

Malcolm Turnbull became known as the "Property prophet of Paddington" after he set a record for the suburb in 1988 when he sold Alster House on Goodhope Street for $2 million.

A relatively flat week on the ASX belied some dramatic moves as a busy five days of earnings results revealed some big winners and losers.

He deliberately built and then exploited a crime legend that drove his many underworld enemies to distraction.

Major investigation reveals serious problems with a federal grants program to help communities recover from natural disasters.

Shares push higher through the afternoon, led by banks and defensive stocks

Asher Keddie, Germaine Greer and Alan Jones are among those who have thrown their support behind two Australians facing the death penalty in Indonesia, in a powerful star-filled video calling for mercy.

Analysis: The Prime Minister has not given you a Christmas bonus by scrapping his widely disliked GP co-payment plan – he's given himself one.

Westpac has become the latest big listed company - and the first bank - to be targeted by a shareholder campaign on business lobby groups amid Australia's long-running and vexed climate policy debate.

Wesfarmers and Mineral Resources have put their weight behind technology listing, Hazer Group, which debuted on the local bourse at a slight premium on Wednesday.

Comment: Economy has drawn envy for years. But the world is changing, and so are our fortunes.

Your guide to what's open, transport timetables and which services are available on Australia Day.

A local leader in Tanzania who had been accused of adultery has been attacked and beheaded by a gang of men, who then cooked some of his body parts, police say.

Tony Abbott had said critics of his chief of staff were being sexist. His deputy isn't so sure.

Treasurer Joe Hockey is copping it now. What a difference six months can make in politics.

A Philippine town mayor says more than 30 police commandos have been killed in a clash with Muslim rebels while hunting a top terror suspect in the south.

Panic erupted in north-eastern Nigeria on Sunday as Boko Haram fighters poured into two strategic towns in pre-dawn strikes that escalated into battles with Nigerian army troops.

Vitas Gerulaitis famously said nobody beats him 17 times in a row when he finally got the better of fellow 1970s tennis playboy Bjorn Borg.

2015's Australia Day honours brings the number of individuals on the esteemed list to over 40,000 and, as ever, is characteristic in its diversity.